US Failure in Afghanistan:
Trust deficit continues between Pak-US relationships as from time to time, America continues its misperceptions and blame game regarding Pakistan. In this respect, on April 7, this year, the US administration in a report gave Congress a highly critical assessment of Pakistan’s efforts to defeat Al-Qaeda and other militants, saying that after years of work with the Pakistan military “there remains no clear path towards defeating the insurgency” that, what it claimed, thrives in the country. While emphasizing American old maxim to ‘do more’, the semi-annual report noted a deterioration of the situation in FATA, which—US officials believe has carved out a global headquarters in Pakistan’s border areas with Afghanistan. The report further added that operation in Mohmand Agency and Bajaur has not yielded any tangible result for the third time in two years.
As the report comes ahead of the strategy the American President is scheduled to announce in three months about start of withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is believed that leakage of the selected portions of the document is aimed at exerting more pressure on Pakistan in accordance with the known policy of ‘do more.’
As the report comes ahead of the strategy the American President is scheduled to announce in three months about start of withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is believed that leakage of the selected portions of the document is aimed at exerting more pressure on Pakistan in accordance with the known policy of ‘do more.’
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